September 29, 2007

Gabe & Chris' Birthday Party

The seven of us swung at a piñata, ate ice cream cake, played with
lots of kids and met some very nice people.

Hours later . . .

Learning the best strategy.

Drawing in PJ's with cocoa chocolate.

Saturday morning.

Paxton and Josh are introduced to desktop tower defense while the
girls draw horses.

September 28, 2007

Here we go

Three little Hughes' and two little Neyman's begining their weekend
together. So far so good. (Paxton is hiding in the back seat. )

Misc.

Kaylie congratulating Cousin Derek on a fine win on the Wii!

Kay's new "funny face". You've got to see this in person - she is just too much!

Zzzzzzz... the girl needs a bigger bed!


Mark & Cousin Derek - Bellingham's finest!

Another house project

Last weekend we started another house project: the master bedroom/main hallway. New paint (goodbye, red!), new trim, & pulled out the carpet in preparation for having all of the harwood refinished in October. Kay had a great time with the tools. We were relieved when Grammy showed up and played with her outside for about 4 hours so we could get more done. Stay tuned for "after" pictures!

Keith's Birthday Dinner

We went out with Camerin and Keith & Jill and John to celebrate Keith's birthday. We had dinner at the Boat Street Cafe; wonderful food, great wine, perfect company. Happy Birthday, Old Man! XXOO!

Leslie & Mark

Jill & Cam

John & Keith (a.k.a. "Little Spoon")

Mark's first bite of what quite possibly could be the perfect chocolate.

September 27, 2007

Dinner with Grammy at Silver City

September 26, 2007

Swinging at the park

Burning off some energy before nap time

Visiting mom at work

Kaylie and I surprised mom with flowers at work.=

September 12, 2007

Malia's 8th birthday!

Malia turned 8 on September 12th! We had a fun night - all of Malia's choosing:

The Presents: several books, shoes, a Bratz Pixie doll, jewelery, a purse, and in traditional Gibb fashion: new underwear.

The Chosen Dinner: chicken nuggets, cheddar cheese, potato chips, & milk.

The Chosen Dessert: Coldstone Creamery where Malia chose lemon sorbet with gummy bears and white chocolate chips. Josh had Blue Cotton Candy ice cream with Oreos. Kaylie also had the cotton candy/oreo combo, but also added m&ms. I get a stomach ache just thinking about it.

The Chosen Activity: The park. We played until it got dark, swinging, jumping off the "big rock", and riding the see-saw (be sure to check out the video!)

Happy Birthday, little girl! We love you!







Labor Day Weekend '07

Saturday we went to Jenene & Craig's wedding in Olympia; a perfect day, family I haven't seen in years, and wedding vows said in Dr. Seuss rhymes... a great time! Kaylie was just enthralled with the nieces in their pink dresses - & she danced all night and stole fingers of wedding cake frosting with them.

After playing in the hotel pool and a great breakfast at the Spar Cafe (an old favorite of ours), we spent Sunday at the Harbor Days Festival in Olympia.

Monday was the Blackberry Festival in Bremerton where Kaylie rode her first real pony (very reluctantly), saw a magic show, and ate wonderful spicy Thai food and blackberry scones. That girl has good taste!

September 11, 2007

Day at the Pt. Defiance Zoo with the Lashleys - August '07











The Littlest Hughes

Braeden Quinn Hughes joined the family on June 23rd - to proud parents Melinda & April. He is amazingly wonderful - chubby and sweet. Josh can't wait for him to be able to "do something".















Josh's first car?

Helping Mike pick up one of his dad's first cars from his uncle's

house in Snohomish.

Malia's 8th Birthday Party

On Sept. 8th, we celebrated Malia's 8th birthday with about 25 friends and family members. The kids had a fun time hitting a pinata (way to go, Gabe!), we grilled burgers & had mom's famous clam dip, and watched Malia open present after present... after present. (Weather Fairies books, jewelery, Littlest Pet Shop, a purple pegasus, clothes, makeup, books, etc. etc!) Thanks to everyone who celebrated with us!

Lessons learned: croquet mallet's make very, very bad pinata bats.















The Hide-a-Way, Crystal Mountain

Summer fun at the cabin - we spent 4 days playing at the river, hiking, roasting marshmallows, going on scavenger hunts, giving each other magic marker tattoos, and fighting off the mosquitoes. Thankfully, we made no journeys to the Enumclaw Emergency Dept on this trip!